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Jesus is the Super Fulfillment of Everything in Scripture
Jesus is the super-fulfillment of our hopes and dreams for redemption. He is the super-fulfillment of the ancient longings. His heel crushes the serpent’s head. He is the sacrificial animal skins covering cursed humanity. He is the acceptable sacrifice of Abel. He is Noah’s ark. He is the ignored sibling. He is the warrior. He…
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Jesus is No Plastic Surgeon
Once we experienced who Jesus is, we realized that Jesus is no plastic surgeon. The power of the gospel transforms us from inside out, not outside in. If you grew up trying to live under the law and not under the grace of God, we tend to do things because it is the right thing…
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It is not about ME
To remove any disappointments, frustrations and feeling of any entitlement from how the world treats us, what the world offers to us and what God is doing in us and around us then we have to first understand that IT IS NOT ABOUT ME and it will never be about me. People have a hard…
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Mayweather and Some Lessons on Spiritual Warfare
We just concluded our ALL IN series last Sunday and we preached on spiritual warfare. It was fitting to preach on the subject because it was also the day of the Mayweather-Ortiz fight. As most of you know, the fight ended in 4 rounds when Mayweather took advantage of Ortiz when he was apologizing to…
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Facebook and the Gospel
B.J. Stockman, citing a few paragraphs from Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker’s new book Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying, helpfully reflects on the skewed personas Facebook encourages us to generate. An excerpt: Facebook tempts us to post things that increase the currency of our like-ability and indulge in the fear…